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  1. In 1991, 14.1 million people 16
    years old and older enjoyed
    hunting a variety of game animals
    within the United States.
    They hunted 236 million days
    and took 214 million trips.
  2. Their expenditures totaled
    $12.3 billion.
  3. In 1991, 10.7 million hunters
    pursued big game such as deer
    and elk on 128 million days.
  4. They spent $5.1 billion on trips
    and equipment during the year.
  5. A total of 7.6 million people
    hunted small game including
    squirrels and rabbits.
  6. In addition
    to 77 million days of
    hunting, they spent $1.5 billion
    on hunting trips and equipment.
  7. Migratory bird hunters numbered
    3 million.
  8. They spent 22
    million days hunting birds such
    as waterfowl and dove.
  9. Their
    trip and equipment expenditures
    totaled $686 million.
  10. Other
    animals, such as raccoons
    and groundhogs, were sought
    by 1.4 million hunters on 19
    million days.
  11. These hunters
    spent $255 million on trips and
    equipment for the year.
  12. Of the $12.3 billion spent
    by hunters in 1991, 28 percent,
    $3.4 billion, was spent on triprelated
    expenses.
  13. Food and
    lodging totaled $1.8 billion,
    53 percent of all trip-related expenses.
  14. Total hunting equipment expenditures
    were $5.2 billion in
    1991, 42 percent of all hunting
    expenses.
  15. Hunting equipment,
    such as guns and rifles, telescopic
    sights, and ammunition,
    cost hunters $3.3 billion, 64
    percent of all equipment costs.